सृगाल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शृगाल (śṛgāla), शृकाल (śṛkāla)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৃগাল (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬺᬕᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• সৃগাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰴𑰐𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀾𑀕𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• သၖဂါလ (Burmese script)
• સૃગાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਰਗਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍃𑌗𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦽꦒꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑃂𑂏𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೃಗಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ស្ឫគាល (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຣິຄາລ (Lao script)
• സൃഗാല (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡵᡳᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘵𑘐𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠷᠢᠺᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧖𑦰𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐺𑐐𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ସୃଗାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢺꢔꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆸𑆓𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖴𑖐𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• සෘගාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩙𑩞𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚌𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஸ்ரிக³ால (Tamil script)
• సృగాల (Telugu script)
• สฺฤคาล (Thai script)
• སྲྀ་གཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒵𑒑𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨼𑨉𑨍𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás, a suffixed derivative from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (“predatory animal”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sr̩.ɡɑː.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪r̩.ɡɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

सृगाल • (sṛgālá) stem, m

1. jackal
2. rogue, cheat
3. coward, poltroon
4. ill-natured or harsh-speaking man

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सृगाल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ)	सृगालौ (sṛgālau) सृगाला¹ (sṛgālā¹)	सृगालाः (sṛgālāḥ) सृगालासः¹ (sṛgālāsaḥ¹)
accusative	सृगालम् (sṛgālam)	सृगालौ (sṛgālau) सृगाला¹ (sṛgālā¹)	सृगालान् (sṛgālān)
instrumental	सृगालेन (sṛgālena)	सृगालाभ्याम् (sṛgālābhyām)	सृगालैः (sṛgālaiḥ) सृगालेभिः¹ (sṛgālebhiḥ¹)
dative	सृगालाय (sṛgālāya)	सृगालाभ्याम् (sṛgālābhyām)	सृगालेभ्यः (sṛgālebhyaḥ)
ablative	सृगालात् (sṛgālāt)	सृगालाभ्याम् (sṛgālābhyām)	सृगालेभ्यः (sṛgālebhyaḥ)
genitive	सृगालस्य (sṛgālasya)	सृगालयोः (sṛgālayoḥ)	सृगालानाम् (sṛgālānām)
locative	सृगाले (sṛgāle)	सृगालयोः (sṛgālayoḥ)	सृगालेषु (sṛgāleṣu)
vocative	सृगाल (sṛgāla)	सृगालौ (sṛgālau) सृगाला¹ (sṛgālā¹)	सृगालाः (sṛgālāḥ) सृगालासः¹ (sṛgālāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

• Khmer: សិគាល (sekiəl)
• Malay: serigala (“wolf”)
• Middle Persian: (“jackal”) (reborrowing)

  Pazend script: 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/) (see there for further descendants)

• Thai: ศิคาล (sikhaan)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: شال (śāl)
  • → Kamkata-viri:

    Kativiri: ṣyōl

  • → Prasuni: ṣil
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: শিয়াল (xial)
  • Bengali: শিয়াল (śiẏal)
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠀꠟ (hial)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀮 (sigāla)
  • Gujarati: શિયાળ (śiyāḷ)
  • Hindi: सियार (siyār)
  • Urdu: سیار (siyār)
• → Malay: serigala
  • Indonesian: serigala
• Pali: sigāla